| Day | Date | Time | Location | Opponent | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | March 2 | 9:00 | intra-Academy intra-Academy | 5v5 5v5 7v7 |
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| Sat | March 9 | 9:00 9:00 10:15 | Metro North TOPS front Metro North TOPS back Metro North TOPS | intra-Academy intra-Academy intra-Academy | 5v5 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | March 16 | 9:00 9:00 10:15 | Metro North TOPS front Metro North TOPS back Metro North TOPS | intra-Academy intra-Academy intra-Academy | 5v5 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | March 23 | 9:00 10:30 1:30 | Noonday back 9A Noonday back 9A Metro North TOPS | GSA North Akers GSA North Chastain intra-Academy | 7v7 7v7 5v5 |
| Sat | March 30 | n/a | n/a: spring break | n/a | n/a |
| Sat | April 6 | n/a | n/a: spring break | n/a | n/a |
| Sat | April 13 | 9:00 10:15 11:30 12:45 | Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS | NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat | 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | April 20 | 9:00 9:00 10:30 | Scott Hudgens 4A Quest Park 7 Quest Park 7 | Atlanta Fire intra-Academy intra-Academy | 7v7 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | April 27 | 9:00 10:15 11:30 12:45 | Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS | NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat | 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | May 4 | 9:00 10:15 11:30 12:45 | Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS Metro North TOPS | NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat NTH-Tophat | 5v5 5v5 5v5 5v5 |
| Sat | May 11 | tbd tbd | Rabbit Hill #7A Rabbit Hill #7A | GSA North Akers GSA North Chastain | 7v7 7v7 |
| Sun | May 12 | 11:00 12:30 1:00 | Blackburn Park #1 Blackburn Park #1 Tophat 3A-2 | Concorde Fire Concorde Fire NTH-Tophat | 7v7 7v7 7v7 |
| Sat-Sun | May 18-19 | tbd | potential end-of-season tournament | tbd | tbd |
Rosters:
- We divide our player pool into several teams each game day (coaches create the rosters).
- Every available girl will play each game day. We usually play multiple games each game day, with each girl usually playing one game. For example, if we have games at 9:00, 10:30 and 12:00, roughly a third of the girls will play at 9:00, another third at 10:30, and another third at 12:00. Link: game day procedures and guidelines
- We assign and post team rosters on our Junior Academy web site each Monday night prior to the weekend games. Games are usually scheduled 75-90 minutes apart. If our schedule lists game times as “9:00, 10:30, 12:00” you’ll know on Monday night whether your daughter is in a 9:00, 10:30 or 12:00 game. Link: sample game day page
- We’ll combine girls from both Metro North Park and United Quest Park on game days.
- Team rosters often change from week to week. Teams may be created based on playing level and / or age, or balanced / mixed so each NTH team is of the same level. Link: team assignments and levels of play
- Coaches will handle roster assignments. We may not be able to honor individual roster / game time requests. Link: schedule requests
Game formats:
- We have a mix of 5v5 and 7v7 games during the spring season. We’ll play with goalkeepers in the 5v5 and 7v7 games. The offside rule will apply in 7v7 games.
DH players:
- We will likely have some game days when we’ll need some players to play twice, or what we call “DH” (double-header) duty. Link: double-header play
Limited Sunday play:
- We normally play on Saturdays. We have one Sunday game day, a Mother’s Day special the afternoon of May 12. (If we play an end-of-season tournament, that will also include Sunday play.)
Schedule conflicts:
- Please let us know as early as possible about any game day schedule conflicts. (E-mail to Ward is the preferred method.) We can work around most conflicts as long as we know about them by the weekend ahead of the game day.
Tournaments:
- We won’t play any 2-day pre-season tournaments.
- We currently plan to play in a NTH-sponsored tournament the weekend of May 18-19, 2019. This will likely be a big tournament, hosting 100+ teams from local and other areas, ages U8 up through U19, with each team playing three or more games. This will be our final event of the spring season.
- Depending on the number of U8 entrants, we may roster all of our girls, or only the girls with 2011 birth years. (We’ve found that few Junior Academy or pre-Academy programs at other clubs include 2012 girls.) Link: about tournaments